What happens after the elections in Europe and the U.S. will set the trajectory of the next decade, be it an era of recession or an economic rebirth.

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Set against that trajectory, Mr Bush's proposals are extremely modest.

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Even if a plan of action can be agreed between the two political parties ahead of the election next year the growth path of debt is already set on an upward trajectory.

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What many companies have not yet recognized is that these standard sustainability performance metrics set up an inescapable improvement trajectory.

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While recognizing the daunting scale of the challenge, the UNESCO report describes independence as unique opportunity to set South Sudan on a new trajectory towards more dynamic growth, shared prosperity and common security.

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It set the Church on what it called a new "trajectory", away from a traditional conviction that active homosexuality was simply outlawed by the Bible, towards an assumption that scripture could be interpreted in radically different ways within the same church.

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